Cleopatra Premiere (1963)

Duration: 0:35

Year Published: 1963

Sound: silent

Description: This news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, broadcast on June 26, 1963, captures the opening of Cleopatra at a local movie theater. Several attendees arrived in costume. Cleopatra is a historical epic starring Elizabeth Taylor as the ancient Egyptian pharaoh. The film won four Academy Awards, but its high production costs and low box office returns nearly forced Twentieth Century Fox into bankruptcy.